Newly released documents revealed by Edward Snowden and seen by the New York Times and Pro-Publica show that the American communication giant's relationship with the NSA was 'highly collaborative' and that AT&T showed an 'extreme willingness to help' in giving the NSA access to billions of emails from its network.

The report also claims that the leaked documents show that AT&T provided 'technical assistance' to help NSA install wiretaps on all internet communications at UN HQ in New York.

Documents released by Wikileaks on Tuesday night claim to show that the National Security Agency intercepted top secret communications between high level officials in the French government between 2006 and 2012.